Lack of information regarding `setiter` and `config` for SKVI configuration

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In terms of the documentation, it would be great to augment the Table Configuration section of the user manual. Iterators are central to Accumulo's functionality so it would aid users to see an entire iterator life cycle:

Develop iterator by extending...

Install iterator as jar to lib/ext

Run as in a client (fragment is shown)

Set via shell (setiter, config for options)

There are hints to using config for existing filters but not how to configure custom iterator code. For example, installing custom iterator code for non-scan contexts is unclear.

In the documentation that mentions lib/ext, its probably worth mentioning the ability to load iterators from a URL.

Keith Turner I assume you meant the VFS classloader? I know it's off by default, but was any documentation written for it? Just the basics: what it uses, how does it work with Accumulo, and how to configure it.

Josh Elser
added a comment - 03/Mar/13 06:40 Applied patch in r1452005 and added a note about the VFS classloader
In the documentation that mentions lib/ext, its probably worth mentioning the ability to load iterators from a URL.
Keith Turner I assume you meant the VFS classloader? I know it's off by default, but was any documentation written for it? Just the basics: what it uses, how does it work with Accumulo, and how to configure it.

Integrated in Accumulo-Trunk-Hadoop-2.0 #115 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Accumulo-Trunk-Hadoop-2.0/115/)
merged changes from 1.5ACCUMULO-1142 Enable redirectTestOutputToFile in surefire plugin to nuke test outputACCUMULO-1002 Apply override annotation to the close method on the BatchScanner implementation to be explicitACCUMULO-1002 Add a close method to ScannerBase and a no-op impl to ScannerOptions.ACCUMULO-1104 Another update to account for 1.5 changes in the user manualACCUMULO-1071 Changing wording from "hadoop library type" to "Accumulo memory-map type"ACCUMULO-1104ACCUMULO-1136 Applying additional wording for using config as opposed to setiter. Fix various other documentation which are now incorrect in 1.5.ACCUMULO-1104 Correcting documented option to show timestamps in shell in user manual. (Revision 1452342)

Integrated in Accumulo-Trunk #756 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Accumulo-Trunk/756/)
merged changes from 1.5ACCUMULO-1142 Enable redirectTestOutputToFile in surefire plugin to nuke test outputACCUMULO-1002 Apply override annotation to the close method on the BatchScanner implementation to be explicitACCUMULO-1002 Add a close method to ScannerBase and a no-op impl to ScannerOptions.ACCUMULO-1104 Another update to account for 1.5 changes in the user manualACCUMULO-1071 Changing wording from "hadoop library type" to "Accumulo memory-map type"ACCUMULO-1104ACCUMULO-1136 Applying additional wording for using config as opposed to setiter. Fix various other documentation which are now incorrect in 1.5.ACCUMULO-1104 Correcting documented option to show timestamps in shell in user manual. (Revision 1452342)